"The display of foreign gods is offensive and does not reflect the views of the majority of Canadians."
---Jim Blake, national chair of Concerned Christians Canada
An outraged letter about a sculpture installed two years ago at the Calgary zoo has got people squawkin’ today. Apparently Jesus was born somewhere in Canada (insert obligatory “Son of Gord” joke here) and is therefore exempt from that nasty “foreign god” label.
While I can see Mr. Blake’s point about religion-free zones, this kind of [belated] grandstanding leads to some very ugly reactions. I had meant to post a nice shot of the sculpture here; as usual, people were surrounding it taking pictures so I waited my turn. This boy walked by and spat on the statue; there was no adult with him, and the adults who witnessed this were too shocked to do anything.
Mr. Blake, take a good look. These are your children.